The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works with the Government of Iraq and businesses operating across the country in order to both stimulate private sector development and ensure local communities benefit from corporate investment. In March 2012, a four-year and Basra-focused partnership agreement was signed between UNDP and Shell Iraq, consisting of two main components: the Local Area Development for Majnoon Oil Field Communities (LADP Majnoon); and the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise and Vocational Training Programme (MSME/VT).

Global Compact Local Networks are mechanisms established at country level for members of the UNGC working in the same location to gather and apply the 10 principles in a collective manner in the specific geographic context where they operate. About 100 UNGC Local Networks have been established around the world.